#1088; To whom Much is Given

Comic Transcripts

[[A bearded, wizened Santa Claus is speaking.]]
Santa: I don’t know if I can keep this up!

[[Another man in a top hat listens in.]]
Santa: When I first signed on, it was for nuts and fruits in a few thousand kids’ shoes.
Santa: TOUGH, but DOABLE – especially for a young guy.

Santa: When we started making DOLLS and ROCKING HORSES and going TRANSATLANTICS… even THEN, it was exciting! A new CHALLENGE! SUCCESS breeding SUCCESS!

Santa: But NOW…! Electronic toys! BILLIONS of kids!
Santa: The sleigh can only get so big! Me an’ the reindeer aren’t getting any younger! And the NIGHT sure isn’t getting any LONGER!

Santa: I’m having to work TEN TIMES as hard just to TREAD WATER! The techniques of a generation ago NO LONGER WORK!
Tophat: Sounds like SOMEONE’S been spending too much time around those MILLENIALS

{{header: these days at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: in retrospect, it may have been folly to sign that thousand-year contract, but to a comparative politics of elven labor studies major, the promise of a steady paycheck is mighty alluring}}

#1088; To whom Much is Given transcribed by in

[[A bearded, wizened Santa Claus is speaking.]]
Santa: I don’t know if I can keep this up!

[[Another man in a top hat listens in.]]
Santa: When I first signed on, it was for nuts and fruits in a few thousand kids’ shoes.
Santa: TOUGH, but DOABLE – especially for a young guy.

Santa: When we started making DOLLS and ROCKING HORSES and going TRANSATLANTICS… even THEN, it was exciting! A new CHALLENGE! SUCCESS breeding SUCCESS!

Santa: But NOW…! Electronic toys! BILLIONS of kids!
Santa: The sleigh can only get so big! Me an’ the reindeer aren’t getting any younger! And the NIGHT sure isn’t getting any LONGER!

#1088; To whom Much is Given transcribed by in

Bolted! games have been shipping to backers over the last couple of weeks! The non-US orders are (mostly) done and some folks have been reporting receiving them already!

@davidmalki.com My game arrived today!! It looks gorgeous 🙂 Hope you are well 🙂

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— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM

My US inventory of games is now in-country, but still being staged at the fulfillment centers. It’s being distributed to regional warehouses, so the actual shipping to backers happens more efficiently. I hope the bulk of US shipping will start next week.

These are what the cartons (and games) look like!

bolted! games BOLTED! GAMES (pounding the table) B O L T E D ! G A M E S

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— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM

I am also waiting on the bonus cards to be finished printing! I ended up needing many more of those than I had anticipated, so I decided to have the game factory print those too, for perfect matching with the base game cards.

Most people will be receiving two separate mailings: the game itself, and “anything else” (bonus cards and/or add-ons) which will be sent by me personally.

As of today, 86% of backers have completed their surveys so far! That’s pretty good, but it’s not everyone. I know YOU PERSONALLY have already completed YOURS though, so no worries!!

We have now moved OFF of Kickstarter and ONTO BackerKit for any new orders. You can bundle a game with basically anything else I sell on that there website, it’s pretty nuts!